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Transfer device with a double tight barrier between a container and a confinement enclosure

US4619572A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 21, 1985
Grant dateOct 28, 1986
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG21F7/047
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A transfer device between a container and a confinement enclosure comprises a chamber having an opening issuing to the outside and an opening issuing into the enclosure. These openings are closed by doors constituting with an external door and an internal door of the container, to double door transfer systems. In order to permit the engagement of the chamber door on the inner door of the container following the removal of the first double door, the opening is formed on a mobile skirt connected by a sealing bellows to the enclosure wall.

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